CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA							HANFORD METEOROLOGY STATION 25 MILES N.W. OF RICHLAND, WA LATITUDE 46º 34'N, LONGITUDE 119º 36'W ELEVATION (GROUND) 733 FEET							MONTH: November 1997
	TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)						PRECIPITATION			WIND (50-FT LEVEL)							FRONTS & MISC PHENOM
D A T E	M A X I M U M	M I N I M U M	A V E R A G E	D E P A R T U R E	H D D 65 ºF	C D D 65 ºF	T O T A L IN.	S N O W IN.	SNOW ON GRND AT 0400 IN.	P R E V A I L DIR	A V E SPD MPH	PK G U S T SPD MPH	PK G U S T DIR	A V E RH %	S O L A R A D	S K Y C V R SR TO SS	NOTE:TYPES AND TIMES OF FRONTAL PASSAGES "KFR"(COLD) "WFR"(WARM)
1	63	38	50	+4	15	0				SW	4.9	13	WSW	55	215	1
2	56	37	46	0	19	0				NW	5.8	13	NNW	60	178	6
3	52	37	44	-1	21	0				NW	4.4	14	ENE	90	77	8	F,KFR 1600
4	57	37	47	+2	18	0				NW	7.7	18	WNW	84	177	5	F
5	59	43	51	+7	14	0				NW	6.6	17	WNW	80	171	7
6	51	39	45	+1	20	0				NW	3.8	9	WNW	93	66	10	F
7	53	48	50	+6	15	0	0.57			W	7.0	17	NNW	92	23	10	F
8	57	47	52	+9	13	0				N	7.3	22	NNE	67	140	7
9	56	34	45	+2	20	0				NW	5.8	15	SSE	72	188	2
10	57	33	45	+3	20	0				NW	7.2	15	WNW	62	185	1
11	55	28	42	0	23	0				NW	6.1	16	SSE	64	184	2	F
12	35	32	34	-8	31	0				NW	3.0	9	WNW	95	41	10	F
13	48	23	36	-5	29	0				NW	4.3	17	SSE	83	180	0	F
14	42	27	34	-7	31	0				SW	3.4	9	E	88	124	6	F
15	34	24	29	-11	36	0				NW	4.4	10	NNW	90	31	10	F
16	39	26	32	-8	33	0				NW	3.8	9	SSE	88	65	10	F
17	55	28	42	+2	23	0	0.01			NW	5.0	22	SW	72	139	7	F
18	45	28	36	-3	29	0	T			NW	8.5	23	WNW	86	83	9	F
19	50	38	44	+5	21	0	0.22			NW	6.8	24	SSW	92	26	10	F,KFR 1600
20	61	42	52	+14	13	0				SW	11.3	33	SW	59	141	6
21	58	31	44	+6	21	0				W	6.2	17	WNW	64	160	0
22	47	30	38	0	27	0	0.03			NW	8.8	19	WNW	82	106	9
23	51	39	45	+8	20	0	0.11			W	5.3	19	SW	88	93	9
24	58	39	48	+11	17	0				SW	8.2	26	SW	67	115	5
25	53	34	44	+8	21	0	0.06			NW	5.6	17	W	86	140	4	F,KFR 0100
26	48	29	38	+2	27	0				NW	6.8	19	WNW	80	97	10
27	53	27	40	+5	25	0				NW	4.7	28	SSW	78	66	10	F
28	58	40	49	+14	16	0				S	12.6	33	S	60	98	8	KFR 1400
29	51	40	46	+11	19	0	0.01			NW	7.0	18	NW	81	79	10	KFR 2200
30	56	33	44	+9	21	0				W	5.1	13	W	77	137	3
SUM					658	0	1.01	0
AVG	51.9	34.4	43.2								6.2					6.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.01	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.10	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.57	ON	7	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 15 is in Langleys; g-cal/sq. cm				NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				GL-Glaze, T-Thunderstorm, DS-Drifting Snow
TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)				>= T	8	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			43.2	>= 0.01	7	>= 0.50	1	AVERAGE STATION			29.199
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+3.0	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.42	ON	1
HIGHEST	63	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.55	ON	26
LOWEST	23	ON	13	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			117.5
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	215	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	23	ON	7
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			12	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.3	CLEAR	7	FOG	15
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	S @ 33	ON	28	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			658	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	14	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-88	DRY BULB (ºF)	42.6	WET BULB (ºF)	39.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			1065	REL. HUM. (%)	77.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	35.3	HIGHEST	100	ON	18+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-146	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	28	ON	11